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enIn the Shade of Terror, Olim Choose Be'ershevahttp://www.jewishagency.org/blog/1/article/41291
<p>Just two days after a deadly terrorist attack in Be’ersheva, a modest ceremony was held to launch a program called ‘Etzion’ for Olim who have chosen to tie their futures to this southern city.</p>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:09:43 +0000AmishaiG41291 at http://www.jewishagency.orgA Honeymoon in Israelhttp://www.jewishagency.org/blog/1/article/32091
<p>I meet Yonatan and Ilana Cohen, in their twenties, in Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem, several days after they first arrived here. They’re busy setting up their apartment, handymen arriving every hour or so. That’s when Ilana tells me that they’ve only been married for a month or so – and that their decision to make Aliyah is a honeymoon of sorts.</p>
<p>Originally from Paris, Ilana spent most of her life in the 12<sup>th</sup> arrondissement, raised by Algerian Jewish immigrants. She studied in a French school, and completed a degree in business management at a Jewish academy there.</p>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:25:08 +0000Nathan Roi32091 at http://www.jewishagency.orgJerusalem: Jordana’s Sukkot Holidayhttp://www.jewishagency.org/blog/1/article/27326
<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Until the last minute, as the holiday draws closer, new Olim at Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem race to finish building and decorating a proper sukkah.</span></p>Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:36:07 +0000Nathan Roi27326 at http://www.jewishagency.orgOlah's bright art belies sad inspirationhttp://www.jewishagency.org/blog/1/article/65
<p><span style="line-height: 1.53em">JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - </span><em style="line-height: 1.53em">Olah chadashah</em><span style="line-height: 1.53em">, Betina Schnaid was among 140 artists representing 40 countries who displayed their works at the first edition of the London Art Biennale, held at the Chelsea Old Town Hall in January.</span></p>
<p>"I was not just representing Israel; I was representing a new life in a new country - but (also) an old dream come true," Betina says, trying to describe the difficulty in explaining to Britons what it felt like to represent Israel.</p>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:58:42 +0000Margalit Saffer65 at http://www.jewishagency.orgAliyah Tales: From Saloniki to Tel Avivhttp://www.jewishagency.org/blog/1/article/103
<p dir="LTR"><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Isaac Frianta, 31, of Salonika, Greece, came to Israel while Athen's economic meltdown was in full swing. Issac, for his part, however, sees his Aliyah as a natural extension of his activities in the local Jewish community, and not as a response to tought Hellenic times.</span></p>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:14:53 +0000Nathan Roi103 at http://www.jewishagency.org'You are twice blessed' Sharansky tells olim at Ulpan Etzionhttp://www.jewishagency.org/blog/1/article/59
<p>JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky recently welcomed over 200 <em>olim, </em>young professionals from 27 countries, who are set to begin Hebrew studies at <em>Ulpan</em> Etzion in Jerusalem.</p>
<p>At the opening ceremony of the 127<sup>th</sup> semester, held on February 6th, Sharansky told the group that only twelve hours after he married his wife, Avital, she boarded a plane to make Aliyah. He was only reunited with her in Israel after more than a decade's separation.</p>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:24:19 +0000Benjamin Rutland59 at http://www.jewishagency.org